Celebration Giveaway 50: Chord Electronics – Qutest

We continue our $50k gear giveaway with the Chors Elctronics Quetest DAC! Just keep reading and enter the giveaway!

Last week’s Winners

The Westone W80 giveaway is now over! The lucky guy/girl this week is CJ from the USA. You will be contacted very shortly by email (check your spam folder), so make sure to get in touch.

Number 50

As promised and explained earlier, we’ll be doing a year long of weekly giveaways and last September was the start of our 52-week celebration. For this 50th round of the biggest audio giveaway the world has ever seen, we’re giving away the Chord Electronics Qutest DAC!! The Qutest is worth $1.895USD! This famous DAC can become yours and all you have to do is … sign up and leave a comment saying what DAC you use at home.

But first, let’s look at Chord Electronics and the Qutest you can win.

About Chord Electronics

Electronics is an English manufacturer of amplifiers, digital to analogue converters, upscalers and streamers. They have been active for many years already and are best known in our space of audio for their ground-breaking Hugo FPGA loaded DAC and of course for their massively popular Mojo. A cigarette sized DAC/Amp that surpasses every competitor with its incredible performance. Chord Electronics is seated in Kent and has a team of 27 persons in total.

The Chief Designer and Managing Director John Franks has started out in aviation electronics before he later on founded Chord Electronics. According to the interview we did with him last year, he was greatly influenced by that time, because no mistake was allowed without a perfect fix, no workarounds are accepted. This also is the philosophy of Chord Electronics. Don’t accept anything but the very best possible. That is why their designs are considered as segment leaders. Up to today, Chord has brought us a lot of gear which was loved all around the globe. Their Mojo has to be one of the most sold items ever.

A few years into the history of Chord Electronics, John Franks got in touch with Rob Watts, a DAC designer who made far superior products. Rob Watts is responsible for all FPGA DAC/Amps Chord has brought out in the past years. That includes their ultimate DAC – the DAVE, as well as the DAC you can win this week, the Qutest.

The Qutest

From linus’ review:

Qutest. It is built on the programming of their Hugo2, which I personally hold very high and which is one of my favourite products of all. Unlike Hugo2 it is a stationary product though, designed to sit tight in your home-audio chain.

When I received Qutest for review, I knew already it would be small, but I was not prepared for it to be this tiny. Qutest fully lives up to its name with its 16 x 4.1 x 7.2 cm (WHD) dimensions. With 700 Grams the Chord sits firmly on your desk and won’t be pulled backwards by the RCA cables. This is something Chord has changed due to feedback they got from the 2Qute owners in the past.

Qutest does not derive power from an internal battery, it sources juice from a 5V micro USB input. In theory you can hook up a power bank to it to get it away from your noisy mains. Qutest is what Chord describes as a pure DAC. It even says „This is pure audio“ on the packaging. Qutest has no built-in amplifier in it, so it spits out unaltered Voltage via its back-sided RCA’s. Depending on the input sensitivity of your amplifier, you can set the output Voltage of Qutest to 1, 2 or 3 Volts. This is a very welcome feature for me, as my integrated amplifier at home can only handle 2 V at its analogue inputs. Everything above causes it to go nuts with distortion.

Qutest has a tap-length of 49,152 taps and uses a ten element pulse array design, just like Hugo2. It supports sample rates of 32 bit / 768 kHz and native DSD up to 512. It has a measured dynamic range of 124 dB (A weighted) and a channel separation of impressive 138 dB (at 1 kHz, 300 Ohms). What can’t be measured though is the Noise floor modulation, as it is so damn low. Total Harmonic Distortion comes in at 0.0001% (1 kHz, 2.5V RMS, 300 Ohms). The frequency response goes all the way from 20 Hz to 20 kHz.

Qutest has a total of four digital inputs. All are located on the back side of the unit. There is a USB B, one optical and two coaxial (BNC) inputs. The coaxial inputs can be used in dual data mode, so you can also hook up Chord’s Blu Mk2 upscaler and push the tap-length of Qutest even further.

Qutest comes solely in black colour and will set you back 1,895 US Dollars.

The lucky winner will get his/her unit shipped directly by Headfonia. Headfonia will cover the shipping fee of the DAC to you but Headfonia will cover any other expenses such as VAT, import fees, tax, etc. This is all the winner’s responsibility so if you’re not up for that, it’s best not to enter. Headfonia also won’t lower the unit’s value for shipping.

In order to enter the competition you need to do the following steps:

Fill out the form on the page linked below. Use a real full name/surname to enter the contest (partial name entries are no longer accepted) + real email address as this is the address we will use to contact the winner

Leave a comment on this post you’re reading here. Any comment is good but I prefer you telling me what DAC you use at home.

And while you’re at it like the Chord electronics and Headfonia Facebook pages HERE and HERE, if you haven’t already.

The winner will be chosen at random out of those that completed all 2 steps!

After signing up you’ll get a personal link to share. For each new participant that enters via your personal link on Twitter, Google+ or Facebook, etc. you get an extra chance to win! Make sure you share/use the referrer link! By entering the giveaway you agree to the rules shown under the “ENTER” button.

Participants will be contacted by email after subscribing, so by participating all entrants also accept us to email them. Do check your spam folder, but if you didn’t get an email you’re still entered. (Gmail addresses receive it slow/late! Don’t request us to check your entry)

The winner of the Qutest DAC will be announced next Monday as usual. That means you have till Sunday evening to enter this Chord Elecronics giveaway!

Thank you Chord Electronics for doing this with us! Good luck to everyone!

Lieven is living in Europe and he's the leader of the gang. He's running Headfonia as a side project next to his full time day job in Digital Marketing & Consultancy. He's a big fan of tube amps and custom inear monitors and has published hundreds of product reviews over the years.

Angel Lagos García

Anthony Kofalt

Joe Wall

I currently use a rega dac, it sounds great but I’m always keen for an upgrade. Thanks

August 26, 2019

Michael

Fostex HP-A8

August 26, 2019

Thomas Umscheid

I almost bought that, but went with Cambridge Audio DACMagic Plus.

August 29, 2019

Mario Acevedo

I don’t have a DAC but this wouldn’t hurt being a first.

August 27, 2019

Andrew Thornton

I use a oppo 83se with internal 32bit sabre dac. I also have a smsl m8 with my pc which is also a 32bit ess sabre dac best I have ever used to date. But I would love to own/experience a chord. I have a full quad elite pre and 2 power amps would sound amazing with a chord dac.

August 26, 2019

Paulo Mario dos Santos Dias de Moraes

Currently I’m using a Cayin iDAC-6.

August 26, 2019

Jerome yeo

Currently using the Chord Mojo.

August 26, 2019

Shane Thomas

I’ve always wanted this dac.

August 26, 2019

Russell Dobson

Arcam irDAC2 and Audioquest Dragonfly Red. Not a patch on Chord though…

August 27, 2019

Johnny Evans

Very good article. Currently using the Dragonfly Cobalt with my iPhone.

August 26, 2019

Jimmy Pagan Jr

The dac I use is on a Klipsch heritage amp which is a sabre chip. While it does everything I want out of dac, it would be nice to add a chord dac to any future amps ;).

August 26, 2019

Greg Santiago

Currently using a schiit modi 3 for my pc set up. Would love to win this for another set up I want to put together.

August 26, 2019

Daryl topacio

I dont have any dac i just use my phone. Just want to join and hope for the best

August 26, 2019

Mate

I use a TT2, but there is always space for a Qutest.

August 26, 2019

Jarek Harmening

I use the Go2Pro DAC/Amp from LH Labs as well as an LG V20.

August 26, 2019

Colin Downes

I use the Chord Mojo but I would love to upgrade to the Qutest!

August 26, 2019

Aljosa Krzelj

AQ DF Red

August 26, 2019

Nicorici Nicoleta

Audio gd nfb 28

August 27, 2019

Archimedes Sayas

I’m currently using Fiio E17k for my DAC.

August 27, 2019

Brian T

I have a Grace m9xx, and have had my eyes on the Qutest for some time!

August 30, 2019

Chris Norton

I use a heavily modified Audio Note DAC 1.1 but it’s showing its age and limitations now. Good luck!

August 27, 2019

glen baxter

Great sounding dac. I own a Chord Mojo.

August 27, 2019

Mahir Efe Falay

I am using a Khadas Tone Board at home. Good dac. Why not the perfect one?

August 27, 2019

Al Landau

Wyred 4 Sound DAC-2 DSDse

August 27, 2019

Owain

Chord is love chord is life. But love my 02 all the same <3 Ty for the chance

September 1, 2019

Percy Labarentos

Im using a fiio e17k hoping to win this one

September 1, 2019

Andy T

Chord MOJO~

August 26, 2019

Artsiom Falevich

So far, no

August 26, 2019

Tim deering

Dont have a dac, and really need one. I have my phone or my yamaha receiver ran into an a3. I have a liquid spark on order but still need a dac.

August 26, 2019

Sebastien Legris

I use Chord Mojo and wanted to buy the RME ADI2 DAC but….I’ll wait just in case 😉

August 26, 2019

Ergin Kesgin

AudioQuest Dragonfly Black 1.5

August 26, 2019

Andy Tang

Love to audition the Q dac…so I can compare it with RME

August 26, 2019

Wills Chiu

I’m a portable guy, so I just have a dap, but not a dac and it is the ak70mkii.

August 26, 2019

CHUANG HAO YUAN

Cayin n6ii

August 26, 2019

MJ Cagalingan

I use chord mojo and it is a great product.

August 26, 2019

Edy Tansil

I used to use modified DAC from Camtech for my desktop.

August 26, 2019

Bradford Bates

I use a Mass drop Grace Design 02 + SDAC

August 26, 2019

Kam Jun Kit

I currently have a Mojo, but it’d be pretty neat to try some of their higher end stuff.

August 26, 2019

Joshua Loke

Using a Resonessence Concerto HD at home!

August 26, 2019

Gideon Lim

I dont have any DAC in the home and hope can win this.

August 26, 2019

Sze Lok Lau

Chord audio products are great. And I use SMSL M8A

August 26, 2019

Rishabh Gupta

Using iBasso DX220 with Amp 9 module.

August 27, 2019

Ron Tan

Se100 Good luck all

August 26, 2019

Kirk Vogel

This is the DAC of my dreams.

August 26, 2019

Booker

Woohoo! Nice giveaway, can’t believe it’s no. 50 already.

I’m using the xDSD, sometimes with the xCAN in the chain too.

August 26, 2019

Frank Paquet

Fubar III (computer) , Schiit Asgard 2 (home audio).

Would love to upgrade

August 26, 2019

Aditya

I don’t have any DAC and wish to win this.

August 26, 2019

Goh Eng Han

Good luck!

August 26, 2019

Leslie Melo

Good luck everyone!

I’m currently rocking a Topping NX4 DSD

August 26, 2019

Dave Fletcher

Great Product !

August 26, 2019

Wong kit wa

I don’t have DAC. Good luck to me

August 26, 2019

Arakel Khaligian

smsl su8

August 26, 2019

Joshua D. Kleckner

I currently use a fiio m11.

August 26, 2019

Joe Sbonbo

Is 5 volts enough to power a dac. (?)

August 26, 2019

ARIEL PRODIGALIDAD

No DAC yet just my Shiit Magni 3. Wish i could have this!

August 26, 2019

Stanley McCatty

I’m still rocking the ODAC.

August 26, 2019

Thomas S.

Sounds interesting. Chord DACs are really good

August 26, 2019

Aulia Rizki

Aurender flow.. rare stuff. still one hell of a package

August 26, 2019

BURAK UZUN

I’m using Emotiva Big Ego and Dragonfly Black. Chord Quest would be a giant step up for me.

August 26, 2019

Ken Moreira

Love chord. This would be an amazing win for anyone. Congratulations and thanks for all the fun over the passed year

August 27, 2019

Chris

Wow, would love this. Never owned a dac. Good luck

August 26, 2019

Gary Saville

I’ve been using a chord Mojo as my main headphone amp for several years. Love the dual outputs.

August 26, 2019

Hil Jacques

Pour un accord musical !

August 26, 2019

Hin Yui Wong

I have the chord mojo and want to upgrade to Hugo 2. This will also do nicely.

August 26, 2019

Dan Iosif

Using the JDS Labs Element DAC/Amp to power Audeze LCD-2C.

August 26, 2019

Kuah Ming Koon

Had a Centrance Dac Mini Cx for my desktop hope to have this qutest to pair with my Naim atom

Fabienne

Thach Do

Ace Amor

This would be my firs DAC if i win ❤

August 26, 2019

Darren Wu

I want a DAC, thank you!

August 26, 2019

Jack Lam

Good luck!

August 26, 2019

Sirichai Dharmvanin

I have never used an external DAC since the techonology and sound quality keep changing rapidly with the introduction of new chips. Chord Dac is designed with different principle. It is the top on my wish list but so bigh out of reach.

August 26, 2019

Boster Cheng

My current DAC is Mryrad Z20 Mini, would like to have Qutest

August 26, 2019

Iveline chwab

Awesome prize! Currently on a Cambridge Audio DacMagic Plus. Good luck fellas!

August 26, 2019

Raymund Enricuso

Got to listen to it from SoundWave Audio-Visual Store in Cebu, Philippines, & I absolutely loved it..coming from a Chord Mojo & a Hugo 1.

August 26, 2019

Suhail Yusufzai

I am using cambridge audio dacmagic.

August 26, 2019

Eu Kit Kuan

Using the sweet sweet Chord Mojo 🙂

August 26, 2019

Rafal Mazur

Using the Audioquest Dragonfly Red currently. Good luck to everyone!

August 26, 2019

Kevin O’Leary

Don’t own a DAC yet, but I’ve been in the market and would love to win the Qutest as it receives praise from everyone.

August 26, 2019

Zahit Emre Metin

Just using the onboard DACs on PC and phone, no external

August 26, 2019

Jerome Guda

Goodluck evryone

August 26, 2019

Kerim

I’m using Schiit Modi 2 for now.

August 26, 2019

Erdal Tokat

using on board dac

August 26, 2019

angelo villamar

Using my Radsone es100 🙂

August 26, 2019

Ohad Maishar

Schiit Gungnir Multibit. Fantastic DAC!

August 26, 2019

Max Delissen

At home I use the NAD M51, butnI have used the Chord Qutest for several reviews and it had been on my wishlist since the first time I heard it.

August 26, 2019

Diego Freitas

TT2 as my all-in-one solution

August 26, 2019

Marius Valinskas

Saving the best for last! I use a W4S DAC 2 on my main system.

August 26, 2019

max

AQ Dragonfly Red

August 26, 2019

Emil Karol

Been using Mojo/Poly combo for almost 2 years. Love the Chord sound signature.

August 26, 2019

Ivan Parshenkov

Currently all I have is Fiio Q1mk2

August 26, 2019

Filipe Manata Pires

Modi multibit. Would love to see how both compare!!

August 26, 2019

Fred Blum

AQ Cobalt, Modi Multibit, SMSL Sandskrit Pro

August 26, 2019

Saurabh Ashtamkar

Since I don’t have a dedicated dac, my Cowon Plenue 1 is my dac + amp through its usb mode.

August 26, 2019

Michel I

Metrum Acoustics Jade: excellent R2R-DAC.

But this one seems also to be a tremendous one.

L’espoir fait vivre.

August 26, 2019

Carl Immanuel Manalo

Have been using the mojo for about 3 years now. Would like to get this one

August 26, 2019

Paul Davies

audio engine b1

August 26, 2019

Marc G

RME ADI 2 DAC

August 26, 2019

Bill Sistrunk

Currently using Schiit Modi for office and OPPO UDP 203 in listening room.

August 26, 2019

Stefano Wessely

I’m in too.

August 26, 2019

Cindy VEERAPEN

My only dac is the original Fiio E10. Bought thanks to being a long time and faithful Headfonia reader.

Josh Moore

Orson Sam

john hritz

I would love to try one of the Chord products with some of my IEMs. I’m sure the results would make me regret not purchasing one earlier.

August 26, 2019

Radek Jandl

First, I’d like to thank Headfonia for the giveaway of the 50 nice pieces of gear. So generous! I’m using Khadas Toneboard for desktop and DX120 / ES100 on the go. I’m really limited by having tight budget (still studying in CZ) so I was looking mainly for best bang for the buck gear so far. If I had a chance to win the Qutest, it would change my hifi game entirely 🙂 My dream is to became a audio reviewer and this would help me so much.. There are not a lot of objective reviewers in Europe and I’d like to change that.. Good luck everyone!

Nick Yanakiev

Shane Thomas

Ryan Wiebe

My main headphone DAC at home is the EL DAC by JDS Labs. Solid performance, but I have always wanted to try one of the CHORD devices.

August 26, 2019

Peewee Rey

Chord Electronics design on its products is unique, second to none.

August 26, 2019

vermalen eric

Wowwww i really want this … Good luck all …

August 26, 2019

Matthew Quok

Currently using a Topping DX3 Pro

August 26, 2019

Michael Layton

Resonessence Labs Herus for mobile, Yamaha A-S801 integrated stereo amp in my room. I think they both have a Sabre ESS ES9010K2M chip.

August 26, 2019

Janis Rudzitis

Topping D50

August 26, 2019

Robert Drake

Currently using Musical Fidelity X10-D. Not bad, but quite dated.

Would love to win The Qutest!!

August 26, 2019

Rado Wino

Currently using DacMagic XS

August 31, 2019

Nuno Pedro Simões Lobato de Carvalho Carneiro

The chord qutest is aparently a small box with a big sound, I have a mojo that work very well with my setup, marantz cd6006 uk edition, marantz pm 6006 uk edition, sony x700 ubp player, woo audio 6se headphone amp. As I have some good headphones the qutest I think would go very well in my setup.

August 26, 2019

Robert Hanwell

iFi Nano Black and Cambridge CXN.

August 26, 2019

Marc Vitug

I’m using IFI Nano iDSD BL.

August 26, 2019

Jeffrey Gaston

Using ifi Nano BL at home.

August 26, 2019

Bren Arden

Violectric V850. Good luck to all!

August 26, 2019

Oldrich Siller

Gimme this!

August 26, 2019

Gabriel Sontag

I have the mojo, I want to hear what more chord has to offer, without paying for it preferably, lol.

August 26, 2019

Bharat Venkatesh

Fiio E17 Alpen.

August 26, 2019

Leandro Berry

Audioengine D1… I think

August 26, 2019

Joeri De Haes

I’m using a Mojo, at home and on the go. The Qutest is out of my budget range but a free one will do. 🙂

Petr Blaha

David Crawford

I am using a DIY non oversampling DAC with TDA1794a ‘s, some BursonV6 Vivid’s replacing the 5534s (although being Signetics!). Love the ease of sound, but can’t help wondering how the Qutest will compare! Happy Listening!!

August 26, 2019

Matthew Im

I hope I win! I’ve been using a Fiio E7 for much too long.

August 26, 2019

Brian Kamg

Lotoo paw gold touch 🙂

August 26, 2019

Drahomir Glos

Finally some good prize…

August 26, 2019

Martin Cao

This looks sick, would love to try it out.

August 26, 2019

Vojtech Simon

Great article, thanks for your work!

August 26, 2019

Sral Olsen

ANK DAC 2.1 (now defect)

August 26, 2019

Deri Fajutrao

I use my fiiox5iii as DAC

August 26, 2019

Silvio Bassani

Presently, I use the wonderful Chord Hugo, but I need another one for my main system, without moving the Hugo up and down in my four floors house.

This would be a great upgrade on my entry-level set-up I’m currently using an old Sound Blaster X-Fi Surround 5.1 Pro. I bought the unit 2nd hand and it does not fail me. However I have no experience in using high-end DAC/amp. I have a DIY earphone that I turned into 64 ohms drivers and it can not drive the drivers very well. By the way, I never won any raffles keeping my fingers crossed.

August 26, 2019

Tanasa George

Topping D10.

August 26, 2019

Ricardo

Good luck!

August 26, 2019

Richard Parkes

I use an audioquest dragonfly red for many thins but a stationary dac would be awesome , and chord is always a win.

This is confusing and contrary to the rules? ” but Headfonia *will* cover any other expenses such as VAT, import fees, tax, etc. This is all the winner’s responsibility” Thanks!

Manuel Cuadros

Krzysztof Piotrowski

I just hope to win. I never had chance to listen any of Chord devices

August 26, 2019

Sreenivas Raman Naidu

Fiio X5iii

August 26, 2019

Yiqin Lei

Using chord mojo and HDV820.

August 26, 2019

Abraham Tili

I don’t have a dedicated DAC at the moment but do have couple of headphone AMP/DAC that I use such as AQ DragonFly and Sony PHA-1. Also using AK SR15 sometimes as a DAC. Hoping somday (in near future) to get my hands on Hugo2.

August 26, 2019

Anusha Bai Paramasivan

Fiio Q5

August 26, 2019

Lukas Lukito

Wow, this give away page made me reminisce the moment I had a talk with one of the Chord executives (I forgot his name 🙁 ~) back then at PAFI exhibition. It would nice to have this unit since I don’t have any standalone DAC 🙂

August 26, 2019

Anusha Bai Paramasivan

Zishan Z2

August 26, 2019

Darren Quek

My current DAC is a Chord Mojo.

August 26, 2019

Alan Tuazon

My current DAC is a Topping D50.

August 26, 2019

James Martin

Thanks for all of the excellent reviews and articles over the years. Thanks for the chance to win the DAC as well.

I’m currently using a Schiit Modi 2 as my DAC and would love the chance to upgrade.

August 26, 2019

Mohd Hairi Mohd Ghazalli

i have dragonfky red dac/amp combo.

August 26, 2019

Stepan Broucek

iFi nano, space key, hidzis sonata

August 26, 2019

Olivier Sart

CooL as usual ! Using the internal Dac of my pc motherboard at the moment… Meh T_T’

August 26, 2019

Adam Goldsmith

Absolutely love Chord gear. Own a Mojo myself. Not only does Chord stuff sound great, but they are one of the few companies that takes the time to make their gear look like works of art. They are all easy on the eyes. That’s not even to mention the fact that they are one of the companies really pushing audio technology forward. I would LOVE to have this thing on my desk!! Using ZMF Atticus, Senn HD800, HD650, ZMF Classic, and Grado SR80i. <3

August 26, 2019

Andre Birrenbach

Definite upgrade to my Meridian Explorer.

August 26, 2019

Nick Mather

Probably the P4P champion DAC! I need one in my life!

August 26, 2019

Eugene Lim

I’m using an Audio GD R2R11 to pair with my HD700 It’s fantastic

August 26, 2019

Christopher Ney

I use a Chord Mojo for my desktop setup and an Apogee MiniDAC for 2 channel playback from my cd player in my main system.

August 26, 2019

Paskal Rudyk

very good device

August 26, 2019

Eyal Sadeh

Seems like the best

August 26, 2019

Daniel Pudvay

Nice looking DAC. If I had one of these, I’d have to upgrade the rest of headphone chain.

August 26, 2019

Brett Curry

I currently have a Burson Audio Conductor SL Headphone Amp/DAC.

August 26, 2019

Peter Mogish

I am currently using a Topping NX4 DSD as a DAC from my phone, or computer.

Neil Wadhvana

I use the Bluesound Node2’s DAC, because I found the amplifier (Feliks Echo tube preamp/ headphone amp + HEED Obelisk) more important than the DAC!

August 26, 2019

Jurre Schieveen

Wow… very nice of you. Congratulations already to the happy winner to be. Have tried quite a few dacs and am using only my favourite of those for quite some while now; the Chord Mojo. Listening to it at this very moment in my main setup. I’ll keep enjoying it, but if there would be a slight chance to win… man, I don’t even dare to dream of it! (And yes, ofcourse I’ve read the part about import taxes. Would LOVE to pay for that.)

August 26, 2019

Thijs Olgers

currently using the creative zxr for my pc, have been looking at the SME ADI DAC for a while now though

Jose Emmanuel Ernesto B Sibal

Ella Adams

Kerk

I’ve enjoyed my 2qute till date and really hope to up my game with the Qutest!

August 27, 2019

Ahmad Johari

hiby r6 pro

August 27, 2019

Saud Alshamsi

Using Grace SDAC

August 27, 2019

robert jewison

Aune T1 good luck

August 27, 2019

Pau

Chord are a great company

August 27, 2019

Joao Paulo Martins Rodrigues

Good Luck

August 27, 2019

Gennaro Controversia

I use a Audio-Gd NFB-1.38 DAC and want to try some better/different DAC.

August 27, 2019

Kevin Yeoh

I’m currently using the Topping D10. Would love to hear how the Qutest sounds!

August 27, 2019

Robert Herczeg

Ifi xDSD

August 27, 2019

Alexandru Leonard Truțiu

I use a Chord Mojo DAC

August 27, 2019

Bojan Ilic

Good luck to me.

August 27, 2019

Daniel Schröder

I use my LG V30. After a very long research process under the premisse that I want my setup to be portable, preferably one device and if not to still fit into one larger pocket, it boiled down to this choice. The sound is very resolving, on the dry and slightly unexiting side, with not much warmth – which I actually enjoy as a signature.

Florian Subasu

Roi Maishar

René Gutiérrez

ISMAIL SUFYAN TEO BIN ABDULLAH

Currently using a FiiO D3. Although a cheap little dac, it brings significant improvement to the sound from my desktop. Can’t imagine what improvements the Qutest would bring 🙂

August 27, 2019

Jon Evans

HRT Microstreamer II and a Hugo for their different presentations.

August 27, 2019

Eric de Boer

Would love to compare it to the dac I use in my second set: an Eastern Electric Minimax Tube Dac

August 27, 2019

Rafael Adonay Tinajero San Emeterio

Use a Dragon Fly red

August 27, 2019

Wim Cumps

It’s almost my birthday ….. 🙂

August 27, 2019

Wim Cumps

It’s almost my birthday ….. 🙂

August 27, 2019

Christian Lopez

Cambridge Audio Azur DACMagic… which I bought for full retail at a brick’n’mortar all the way back in 2009. Wish I had waited for the Plus or 100, but oh well, it’s clearly served its purpose these last 10 years.

August 27, 2019

Oliver P

I’m using an ObjectiveDAC.

August 27, 2019

Chris

Using an RME ADI-2 DAC for home and a Topping DX3 Pro at work

August 27, 2019

Angelos Psilopoulos

Used to own a Benchmark DAC1, now I’m using my Mojo until I get a decent desktop DAC! The Qutest was definitely on my list!

August 27, 2019

Martina Nardelli

I use the dac in the Krk Ergo

August 27, 2019

Bo Vestergaard

I use the Chord Qutest. It sounds amazing. I find the filter button makes no or little difference on my setup which surprises me. I wonder if anyone else uses the filters.

August 27, 2019

Tawera Browne

Currently using the Audio-GD R2R 11, very nice comparison to using my iPhone and would really like to compare to a Chord DAC one day =)

August 27, 2019

BOURJAULT

RME ADI 2 DAC

August 27, 2019

Dany

Currently not using any DAC, im using a X-fi fatal1ty soind card, it has a beefy front panel with great sound quality, to the point that my Fiio E10K is disappointing to use.

But this sound card will not lat a lot longer and the Fiio is no good, i will need a proper replacement…

Well currently Fiio E17k for bus, as well as SMSL AD18 (kinda DAC!) for office and Cambridge audio for home … I may well try a mojo to swap the cambrige at home …

August 28, 2019

Dwayne Cheung

Currently using the Chord Mojo as my DAC

August 28, 2019

Chase Mosby

I use the headphone jack in my roku remote. lol

August 28, 2019

Grant Moy

Currently using the Schiit stack but will be handing it down to my sister soon. This would be an insane upgrade to a new WIP setup. Good luck all and thanks again headfonia and chord for the chance.

August 28, 2019

Oleg

Hello. Currently use SCHIIT Jotunheim DAC+Pre+Headphone amp.

August 28, 2019

Klay Moon

Wow, this is a big one. I wish I win this. I’m currently using Schiit DSD only Loki DAC – a long discontinued but my favorite of all time. My other DAC’s are Burson Swing for Desktop PC and Oppo HA-2 SE for mobile.

August 28, 2019

Jungwook Han

Nice giveaway

August 28, 2019

Jerzy Kazalski

As DAC I use AudioQuest DragonFly Red

August 28, 2019

Nathaniel.E

Currently using the Fiio Q5, hoping to move to the Chord Mojo. Fun!

August 28, 2019

Tomas Primus

Pro-ject Pre Box S2 … until now 😀

August 28, 2019

Cem

who doesn’t want to drive a cadillac?

August 28, 2019

Pierre Duduche

Ohh ! I cannot believe it !!

August 28, 2019

Derek Mun

I use my phone LG G8 with it’s Quad DAC

August 28, 2019

Octavian-Ioan Halmagyi

Maybe the best DAC in this price range.

August 28, 2019

Rob Guzman

I use a Hugo 2 and an SMSL-SU8.

August 29, 2019

Gergely Orosz

This would be a great upgrade, I am currently using a mojo. Fingers crossed!

August 29, 2019

Tse Hung Pan

Using an ifi micro idsd black label currently.

August 29, 2019

Fabrizio Vergani

Mojo!

August 29, 2019

Diana Traina

an old beresford …

August 29, 2019

Fiorenza Tambone

some kind of topping dac

August 29, 2019

Sejo

Using mostly either the Audioengine D3 or Quad Pa One built in DAC; looking to improve on both…

August 29, 2019

Guilherme Dias

Outstanding!

August 29, 2019

Giada Vergani

well, it’s one of the first usb dac on the market, dont even rememberthe brand !

Ondrej Cerny

Pascual Villaseca

Am using a Sonic Frontiers Ultra Jitterbug.

August 29, 2019

Pascual Villaseca

Sorry Sonic Frontier Trans Dac and Sonic Frontier Ultra Jitterbug.

August 29, 2019

Brian Trout

Thank you Lieven and headphonia.com for chance to win a Chord Qutest. The Qutest is on my wish list for a desktop DAC solution. Read online elsewhere that Qutest is available in silver and black finishes. I think person who reported Qutest available in silver finish is misinformed, as have never seen one in silver anywhere on internet. The black Qutest suits me just fine, as what it does matters more than what finish it has!

August 29, 2019

Donald Maloney

Good luck. Great giveaway.

August 30, 2019

Bruce Rhodes

Would be great to upgrade my dac from Arcam ir dac.

August 30, 2019

Chii Haw Hon

iDSD BL, but would love an upgrade.

August 30, 2019

Ashley Tok

Thanks for the giveaway! Currently using a Beresford Caiman from way back in 2012. The Qutest would be a substantial upgrade!

August 30, 2019

Michael Woods

I have been using a TOPPING D70

August 30, 2019

Matt Jones

Hello, I’m using a Nad usb DAC. Would love a super boost upgrade to a Qutest!